Cisco VXI vs Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) comparison

"The initial setup of Cisco VXI is straightforward."

"The most valuable feature of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is the security and it is easy to work with."

"It is a very scalable solution."

"The service dash and Workspace Environment Manager service are good features."

"It is a stable solution. We don't usually have problems with the platform...It is a very scalable solution."

"Before we adopted a VDI storage solution, our customers' personal information was leaked. This happened a lot. But since we adopted a VDI solution, these kinds of issues have happened rarely."

"The most valuable feature is the automatic software upgrades because they take place on only three or four servers, rather than on 50 or 60 machines."

"It is a stable solution."

"You can connect to any printer, and from anywhere you can print documents using a compressed channel. It is easy and the bandwidth is very low."

"When using Cisco VXI in virtual environments there tends to be a lot of bugs with files you have to deploy across the virtual environment. You configure for hours, and then there is a bug that stops you, and you notice that you wasted hours."

"There is room for improvement on the hypervisor side, providing better integration between the hypervisor and the product line. I suspect that they haven't put the work into that because of the move to the cloud. They want everything to be cloud-hosted. But for folks like us, who will always be a hybrid model, that's of some concern."

"They need to adapt more quickly to the latest additions to the Microsoft operating system. If Windows 10 comes out with a new version, there are compatibility issues and it takes them a lot of time to release an update."

"It would help if it were a little simpler. It's a bit complicated and we have hired Citrix administrators. But it's a good solution."

"The product advances really fast. For some customers, we need better backwards compatibility."

"Latency is also a major problem when adopting Citrix for video editing software or 3D editing software, especially editing 4K video or large file size. The Citrix virtualized solution becomes too slow, so we cannot use the VDI."

"The initial setup is very complex."

"​There have been many issues with stability."

"We're running into all kinds of speed issues and reliability issues. There are frequent disconnects, and we're not sure whether that's a problem with the product, with the way the product has been deployed, or with server capacity or bandwidth. Our IT department pays attention to that, but we are feeling the impact of that."

"It is an expensive solution when there are bugs. I'm always ready to give money for a complete solution where there are no bugs in it, but you will never find it."

"The licenses are affordable, but the support is a bit expensive, though worth the value.​"

"Citrix is a mid-range cost solution compared to some others out there."

"It is a bit costly, but enterprise class features come with a cost."

"If one is a high price and ten is a low price, I rate the tool's price a three."

"You have to do some hard work in order to get the suitable licenses."

"It's costly in the market. But it is not expensive for the company. For the company, it's relatively inexpensive because the core of the work is compensated with the price."

"The cost of the Citrix software reflects what I would expect a product of that nature, in that market, to be. Understanding the licensing is quite a bit more complicated, because one of the things about Citrix is that you can buy licensing at different levels... Yet I still like the idea because it means that if all you need is a basic load balancing solution, then you don't need to buy an advanced or premium license."

"Based not only on the cost of Citrix, but additional costs like firewalls, IPS, and other solutions, the total cost of switching users from using normal laptops with VPNs to connection via Citrix were so huge that the CEO of our company decided to postpone the deployment process."